Chapter 102: The Melbourne Grand Prix
Melbourne is the capital of Victoria, Australia, the second largest city in the Commonwealth of Australia, the cultural and industrial center of Australia, and the most prestigious cultural city in the southern hemisphere. Melbourne was once the capital of the Australian Commonwealth, and the city's environment is very elegant, and it has the reputation of Australia's "cultural capital". It is also internationally renowned as a fashion capital, with a global reputation for its fashion culture, art, music, television production and dance.
Melbourne is also the first city in the southern hemisphere to host the Summer Olympics, and the annual Australian Open, Formula 1 Australia, Melbourne Cup horse racing and other internationally famous events have been held in Melbourne. Because of the pleasant climate and beautiful environment, the series of the Athletics Grand Prix often takes Melbourne as the first stop of each year.
Because there is no direct flight from the capital to Melbourne, Guo Zizhao and his team first flew to Sydney, the capital of Australia, and then transferred from Sydney to Melbourne. When we arrived in Melbourne, everyone was tired after staying on the plane for more than ten hours, so after checking into the hotel provided by the organizer, everyone simply ate a meal and washed up and went to bed.
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On the 17th, the organizer held a press conference for the Grand Prix and invited several well-known athletes to participate as guests. Guo Zizhao, as the two bronze medalists of the just-concluded World Indoor Championships, was also fortunate to be invited to attend the press conference as a guest.
Melbourne's sports media is relatively professional, after all, there are many world competitions held here every year, which broadens the horizons of reporters from all walks of life. And in recent years, the number of Chinese immigrants to Australia has gradually increased, so everyone is also more interested in Guo Zizhao, the newly rising "Asian flyer".
Guo Zizhao also answered the media's questions in a decent manner, while secretly having fun in his heart. It seems that I chose to participate in this competition, and I really came to the right place. Just look at the players who participated in the press conference, it seems that they are the biggest athletes. Hey...... You're welcome this time.
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The second day of competition officially kicked off, and the daytime on the 18th was mainly for the preliminaries of the track events and the finals of individual field events. Most of the other finals will be played in the evening. Guo Zizhao's daytime competition was also very easy, with a preliminaries of 100 meters in the morning and a preliminaries of the 110 meters hurdles in the afternoon.
Because the level of the players participating in this competition is not high, Guo Zizhao took a look at the schedule, and most of the players are local Australian athletes, and some players who are not strong enough to participate in the World Championships. Therefore, Guo Zizhao's two preliminaries went very smoothly, and with the blessing of "Strong Primary Stride Running Shoes" and "Strong Primary High Frequency Running Shoes", both entered the finals in the evening as the first in the group. The results were also very good, with a time of 9.98 seconds in the 100m and 13.22 seconds in the 110m hurdles.
In the evening, the final of the men's 100m will soon begin. Guo Zizhao started the preparation activities an hour in advance, no way, the temperature difference between day and night in Melbourne this month is still relatively large. The temperature dropped from a comfortable 25 degrees during the day to 15 degrees, so Guo Zizhao had to move early, otherwise his body would be easily injured at that time.
Guo Zizhao's main opponent in the 100-meter final is American Montgomery. I didn't expect to meet here again this time after just playing at the World Indoor Championships. In fact, Montgomery was also very depressed this time, because he had just lost to Guo Zizhao half a month ago, allowing himself to win nothing at the World Indoor Championships. This time, I had to give up my vacation and wanted to come to Melbourne to earn some points and recover some losses. I didn't expect to encounter this Chinese again, it's really unfavorable......
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"Phew!"
After a single gunshot, all the players rushed out. Guo Zizhao is ranked in the best fourth lane, and the fifth lane next to it is the American Montgomery. Both men had similar starting times, with Guo Zizhao 0.124 seconds and Montgomery 0.127 seconds.
This time, Guo Zizhao was still fully armed and equipped with all the equipment, because it was the reason for the "strong primary stride running shoes", so Guo Zizhao's speed in front of him was not particularly fast, and he was even slightly ahead of Montgomery by half a body. However, with the opening of the "strong primary sprint skill", Guo Zizhao slowly overtook Montgomery at about 60 meters. Then the game once again entered the rhythm that Guo Zizhao was familiar with, accelerating in great strides...... Hasten...... Sprint...... Sprint ....... sprint again......
In the previous competition, Guo Zizhao relied on the sprint of the second half of the big stride, leaving the opponent behind desperately. However, the opponent Guo Zizhao faced this time was the best among the black players.
Montgomery may not be as good as a top player like Green, but he is a top athlete who can represent Team USA. The outstanding advantages of black athletes in the backstage explosiveness and endurance are also evident in Montgomery.
After Montgomery found that he was lagging behind, he also broke out for the second time in an instant, and followed closely at a speed that was not inferior to Guo Zizhao. 10 m ...... 20 m ...... 30 meters up...... The two of them have been holding on tightly.
The cheers and screams around were louder, and the audience loved the kind of scene where the adrenaline rushes and the passion is unleashed in a moment. These screams also stimulated the athletes on the field to rush towards the final finish.
Montgomery was also anxious when he looked at the close end, and he was about to hit the line, and he almost didn't catch up with this Chinese. Do you want to lose at the hands of this Chinese again! I'm not reconciled! I'm going to surpass Green's American hero in the future, how can I lose to a Chinese again...... It's still a little bit closer, and if you work harder, you can catch up, rush...... No matter how hard you try, you rush hard......
But the end came in the blink of an eye, Guo Zizhao was still full of momentum at the last moment, and took the lead in crossing the finish line with a textbook move, and the championship was in hand!
And Montgomery, who tried his best, felt a sharp pain in his left thigh muscle at the moment he crossed the finish line. Suddenly, I felt a weakness in my legs, and I stumbled and staggered to the side.
Guo Zizhao, who had just slowed down after crossing the line, also found that the situation was wrong, and immediately reached out and grabbed Montgomery. The two of them took several steps together before stopping, "Are you alright?" Guo Zizhao looked at Montgomery with a painful face, and quickly asked with concern.
"It doesn't feel good," Montgomery said with a wry smile, "I used too much force in the final sprint, and I think I had a thigh muscle strain." β
Guo Zizhao had no choice but to nod helplessly, and then signaled to the staff that someone was injured here, so quickly call the medical staff to come to the scene. It can't be helped, athletes are like that, injuries always come up suddenly before you know it. Alas, the sad Montgomery......
When he was carried down, Montgomery on the stretcher suddenly pulled Guo Zizhao beside him, "Thank you just now, Chinese." β
Guo Zizhao also knew that if he hadn't reached out to help Montgomery just now, under such a high-speed sprint, once Montgomery, who was already a muscle strain, fell, it would not be as simple as a simple strain.
"It's okay, everyone is an athlete, and it's right to help each other at this time." Guo Zizhao also took the opportunity to be noble.
"But I lost to you again this time, and your strength is indeed very strong." Montgomery said unwillingly, his eyes flashing with a strong fighting intent, "However, one day I will definitely defeat you." β
"Ahh Guo Zizhao was also stunned for a while, you buddy doesn't play cards according to the routine, shouldn't you kowtow and thank you at this time, worship and convince you? How dare you challenge me?
I'll go...... Come on, who's afraid of whom!
"Good! Then I'll wait for you! Guo Zizhao also pretended to pat Montgomery's shoulder, "However, I don't think you have a chance in your life, haha......"
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After sending off the injured Montgomery, Guo Zizhao remembered that he was so busy just now that he forgot to look at his championship results. Guo Zizhao hurriedly turned around, I'll go ...... The staff have started to clear the runway, and the results on the display have been cleared.
No way! Make no mistake!
Guo Zizhao complained depressedly in his heart, you are like this to me as a living Lei Feng in the new era? It seems that the building of spiritual civilization among these foreigners still needs to be strengthened, and we must let you study and study more of the thinking of the "three represents......
Guo Zizhao had no choice but to wave to the audience around him, and then returned to the lounge depressed.
"Good run! I see you helped Montgomery, how about it, you're not hurt, are you? As soon as my father saw Guo Zizhao coming back, he immediately greeted him.
"It's fine. I'm fine at all. Guo Zizhao said casually, "By the way, what is my grade?" I forgot to read it just now. β
"9.93 seconds. Played well and tied your Asian record. Montgomery second, 10.02 seconds. Song Ping continued on the side, "Hurry up and put on your clothes, it's cold at night, don't catch a cold." Xiao Song, hurry up and get Guo Zizhao over for a massage. In less than an hour, the final of the 110m hurdles will be reached. β
Guo Zizhao also hurriedly got dressed and honestly lay in front of Song Guowei.
Song Ping also watched Song Guowei massage Guo Zizhao, and kept instructing on the side, "The weather is relatively cold tonight, you must pay attention to keeping warm, and you can't let your body cool down completely." Otherwise, if you warm up later, you won't have enough time. Massage for a quarter of an hour to relax your muscles, and then let your old man go out with you to warm up for a while. Remember, don't let your body cool down completely, or you'll get hurt easily......"
Looking at the chattering Song Ping, Guo Zizhao felt that he was probably stimulated by Montgomery's accidental strain. Coupled with the cooler temperatures tonight, the time between the two games is also on the short side. So I'm afraid that Guo Zizhao will accidentally follow in Montgomery's footsteps.
Tsk, tsk...... Coach Song Ping can be regarded as well-intentioned.
Guo Zizhao also had no choice but to listen honestly, although he had the medicine in hand, he was not afraid of accidental injury. But it's okay to be careful, even if you get a minor injury, you can fix it instantly, but you don't have time to do it in a sprint race. The gap between everyone is only a few tenths of a second, even if you react quickly, you will be eliminated by the end of the repair, why bother......
Be careful to sail the ship of ten thousand years......